Hill v. State

The defendant, H. W. Hill, was convicted of the offense of having, controlling, and possessing whisky. The case comes to this court by bill of exceptions. There are no special, assignments of error and the only question for this court to consider is the general grounds. The evidence for the State in *289effect was that officers found a five-gallon keg of whisky up-stairs in the defendant’s barn concealed in a box of oats. After they had found the whisky, they saw the defendant and told him what they had found, and the officers said to him, "We will have to hold you responsible for the possession…